Water-grass-seed trap.



J. A. BAILEY.

WATER GRASS SEED TRAP.'

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I8. I9I8.

Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

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WATER GRASS SEED TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED nsc.Iu.19Ia.

1,300,91 3. Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

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specification of Letters-raten. Y Patented Apr, 15, 1919.

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tion of a simple and efIicienttra-p that will collect the water grassseed and -make .it v y.

aux1l1ary container 1n its operative position.

practical for the operator to easily gather up and sack the seed at hisleisure.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certainconstructions and modications, as will be fully described in thefollowing specification and more particularly pointed out in theaccompanying claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of my device, whileFig. 2 is a longitudinal, sectional view taken on line 2-2 Fig. 1, andlooking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of another embodiment of the presentinvention, while Fig. 5 is a still another embodiment, shown in section,of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the outer or primarycasing or container, which in the embodiment shown in Fig. 4 isconstituted by a hole or pocket la cut in the ground, whereas in theembodiment shown in Fig. 5 the outer casing or container in thisembodiment is of a cement structure 1". The general structure of thecontainer 1 or 1aL or 1b is preferably oblong, and within'the primarycontainer is positioned the auxiliary container or frame 2.

This auxiliary container comprises vertical posts or standards 3,positioned at the corners and these posts or standards are of a greaterheight than the sides and ends of the auxiliary container, beingprojected below the sides and ends, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 to 5, soas to allow the water to pass under the sides and ends of the auxiliarycontainer and rise up and pass over the upper edges of the primarycontainer.

It is desirable to have the'end 2a' of the auxiliary containerpositioned close tothe discharge end 4 fof the ditch, 'whichy dischargeend permitstheV 'water' to flow over end 2a of the auxiliary containerand drop upon the horizontal receiving board 5 at end 2a, to breakjtheflow-"of the'water `entering the auxiliary container.

v To securelyhold-the end 2a contiguous to j or against the entrance endof the primary container, I'place an intermediate post or standard 6.contiguous ,to the `discharge end ofthe primary container 1 so astoholdthe The operation of the device is as follows:

I place the primary container 1 in a suitable pocket or hole cut down inthe irrigating ditch, or if the ground is hard enough I make the primarycontainer by cutting a satisfactory receiving pocket or container in theditch (Fig. 4) and then place the auxiliary container in the primarycontainer as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. If I desire I can make the primarycontainer out of cement as shown in Fig. 5, the operation of the devicebeing just as satisfactory ineither instance.

The water enters the auxiliary container flowing upon the horizontalreceiving board 5, that` breaks the flow of the water and especiallyprevents injury to the primary container if it is made out of earth, asshown in Fig. 4; the water grass seed collects in the primary container,as the auxiliary container has its upper edges projecting higher thanthe primary container, allowing of the water to flow ,in the lower edgesof the auxiliary container and pass over the upper edges of the primarycontainer as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5. The operator can gather the seedin the auxiliary container and sack the same at his leisure.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the dass described the ing sides andends, of anauxiliary Icontainer i within said primary container and having itsl'sides and :ends extending above `the sides.

and ends of the primary container, `and means in the auxiliary containerfor break ing the lowof water running into theauxiliary container overone end of the primary and auxiliary'containers. Y v

4; Tn a device of the class'described the combination with a primarycontainer comprising a bottom, sides and ends,ofan auxiliarycontainerAin said primary container, Vsaid auxiliary container comprising sidesand ends, posts secured tothe corners of-said auxiliary V(':o'ntainerand having their "lower ends projectingjbe'low the lower ends 'of thesides and' ends of the auxiliary container, the lower ends ofthe postsresting upon the Ibottom .of 'the .primary fcontainer, one end of v theauxiliary container resting against'one -end Lofthe primary containerand the other "end of the auxiliary container being spaced from theother end of the prima-rycontainer, means at the middle of the spacedends of the containers holding the auxiliary container in position, theupper edges of the sides 4and ends of the auxiliarycontainer positionedabove the upper edges of the primary container, and a horizontal'receiving board secured in the auxiliaryl container against the end'that abuts against the end of the primary container.

'In testimony whereof 1 hereunto jaiix my signature.

J AMITY BAILEY Gopies o'fthis'pzitent'may"be-mbtained'for Afive centseach, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

